After one bad Senate election, most Democrats in Washington are on the verge of full-fledged retreat.

Everything we've fought for together hangs in the balance. President Obama has signaled he's open to dramatically scaling back health care reform.1 The chairman of the Senate Banking Committee says he might gut the financial reform bill to appease Republicans.2 And on top of all that, the Supreme Court just opened the floodgates of corporate cash on politics!3

We need to show Democrats that we're mad as hell and we're not going to take it anymore. So MoveOn members are organizing an emergency rally in Philadelphia on Tuesday to urge Democrats to show some backbonestarting with passage of a real health care reform bill.

We need a big turnout to show Democrats we're still waiting on them to deliver the change we voted foron health care and everything else. Can we count on you to attend?

Yes, I'll be there on Tuesday at 12:00 PM Sorry, I can't make it

The lesson from Massachusetts is that voters are angry and it's time for Democrats to stand up to corporate interests and fight for working families by passing health care reform and taking on Wall Street.

And make no mistake: Democrats still have the ability to pass health care reform and other progressive legislation. They have a larger majority in Congress than Republicans ever did under George W. Bushand even in Massachusetts, polls show that voters continue to support a bold, populist agenda.4

But it took an unprecedented grassroots movement to elect this President and Congressand it'll take all of us standing together now to get their attention, and get them to show some backbone.

After one bad Senate election, most Democrats in Washington are on the verge of full-fledged retreat.

Everything we've fought for together hangs in the balance. President Obama has signaled he's open to dramatically scaling back health care reform.1 The chairman of the Senate Banking Committee says he might gut the financial reform bill to appease Republicans.2 And on top of all that, the Supreme Court just opened the floodgates of corporate cash on politics!3

We need to show Democrats that we're mad as hell and we're not going to take it anymore. So MoveOn members are organizing an emergency rally in Philadelphia on Tuesday to urge Democrats to show some backbonestarting with passage of a real health care reform bill.

We need a big turnout to show Democrats we're still waiting on them to deliver the change we voted foron health care and everything else. Can we count on you to attend?

Yes, I'll be there on Tuesday at 12:00 PM Sorry, I can't make it

The lesson from Massachusetts is that voters are angry and it's time for Democrats to stand up to corporate interests and fight for working families by passing health care reform and taking on Wall Street.

And make no mistake: Democrats still have the ability to pass health care reform and other progressive legislation. They have a larger majority in Congress than Republicans ever did under George W. Bushand even in Massachusetts, polls show that voters continue to support a bold, populist agenda.4

But it took an unprecedented grassroots movement to elect this President and Congressand it'll take all of us standing together now to get their attention, and get them to show some backbone.

Half of the people who voted for O voted for him because he was half black and had a funny name. It made them feel somehow cleansed and cool. About one/fourth voted for him because of his hard left policies. One/fourth actually believed his campaign rhetoric and hated Bush. You do the math.

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posted on 01/24/2010 7:45:58 AM PST
by Mercat
(wherever the people are well-informed they can be trusted with their own government)

President Obama has signaled he's open to dramatically scaling back health care reform.

That right there is a flat out lie. Obama may be making noises suggesting backing down but he's giving David Plouffe oversight of senate and house reelection campaigns and heavily pushing health care. (Saying one thing while hiring someone to do the opposite.)

I called this asshat a three card monte dealer long ago. He follows the same script: tell the people what they want to hear and they never question what you say. Since the media will not hold him to account, he has free reign to pull this stuff off time and again.

Today there was an AP article about the first year of OZEROS reign (of terror). The author, some lefty writer, said he has not been able to meet the progress WE had due to his being a pragmatist! WE, Pragmatist? How about he and his lefty pals in the AP not “we” as in the public. Pragmatic? A joke, this guy is immovable on issues.

"...[Obama's] giving David Plouffe oversight of senate and house reelection campaigns..."

Yeah, I read that, too. I'm pretty much an electoral neophyte, so let me ask you (or any other wise FReepers), how does that work?

Wouldn't one think that the Democratic State Committees would decide that sort of thing? With some degree of coordination and funding from the Democratic National Committee, natch. But how does Obama, personally, and his hand-picked campaign guy, call the shots all over the countryfor Senate and House campaigns? I mean, don't they involve, surely, States? You know. And Congressional Districts?

I realize this question may be dumb and naive, but so be it. I don't understand how this works.

If I were Dem incumbent in a CD out in the middle of Kansas or Nebraska and I and my Dem. constituency were really allergic to Obama/Plouffe... what happens? Please, somebody, spell this out for me.

Generally house and senate races are run on a local or state level. Funding can come from the party but the campaigns are usually handled closer to home where the people are.

Personally I think this will lead to a major fight within the party. Guys like Bart Stupak have districts heavily populated by bitter clingers and trying to run that race from Washington will be disasterous. I also expect that Plouffe will be looking at ways or replacing disobedient blue dogs.

We need to show Democrats that we're mad as hell and we're not going to take it anymore. So MoveOn members are organizing an emergency rally in Philadelphia on Tuesday to urge Democrats to show some backbonestarting with passage of a real health care reform bill.

Guess they'll get the usual "rent a crowd" union members sprinkled with washed up ACORN criminals...

You can count on me too! Yes siree, I’m gonna be there too to save the ..... ah, Home Depot is having a preseason grass seed sale!?! Rockin’good news, I’ll tell the wife. I was thinking about checking out a new mower too.

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posted on 01/24/2010 9:56:33 AM PST
by John-Irish
("Shame of him who thinks of it''.)

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